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      • Signup for Music Department Reminders
    • FAQ
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  • Students
    • Music Student Council
    • SER
  • Fundraising
    • Year Round Fundscrip Fundraiser
    • Spring Silent Auction
    • Student Accounts
    • Wish List
    • November Citrus Fundraiser
    • January Bottle Drive
    • February Frozen Berry Fundraiser
    • Canterbury Arts Centre Development Association
  • Events
    • Important Dates
    • Coffee House
    • Lobby Concert
    • Volunteer Sign up
    • Music Nights 2022 >
      • Music Night Volunteer Duty List
    • Intermezzo
    • Canterbury After Hours
    • Cadenza '22
  • Media
    • About Us >
      • Mission and Objectives
      • Constitution
    • Photos
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  • Auditions

Welcome to CHS Music

Mar 26, 2023

Below is our latest update.  ​We will do our best to keep this site updated with current information

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Gr 11 Recital

Mar 29 @ NAC 4th Stage
Details here
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Music Parents Support Group AGM

Join us for our monthly meetings
Note date change: Next meeting is Apr 12 @ 7pm 
at the school in Rm 131

Student Music Council Events

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Our Music Council meets every Monday at the beginning of lunch in rm 126. Come join us to help plan our social events for the year!
Get the latest Music Council Announcements here
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Music Dept Start Up

Dear Students and Parents,

Welcome to the 2022/23 school year! Please find important information and dates about the school year below.

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We are looking forward to creating many musical memories this year!

The CHS Music Department
Jason Sinkus
James Caswell
Janice Mah
​Damian McLaughlin


Important Dates

Please set the following dates aside for these important events
Mar 29 - Intermezzo 8 am - 4 pm @ 4th Stage NAC (This is a gr 11 solo performance event open to family/friends. Seating is limited)
Apr 19 - Jazz Cafe & Gr 9/10 Chamber Showcase Night

May 11 & 12 - Music Night Concerts (tech rehearsals TBA)
Jun 4 - Cadenza '23 8:30-3:30 @ Chateau Laurier (This is a gr 12 music farwell open to family/friends. Seating is limited)

New This Year

Monthly Coaching
On the first week of every month starting in October, students will be provided with coaching by specialists in their respective disciplines. The first Tues is for strings, Wed is for Winds/Percussion, and Thurs is for Vocals. Please avoid booking any appointments that would cause students to be away on these coaching sessions.
Concert Field trips
This year each grade will be going on a field trip to watch a performance which ties into their history/theory unit. There is no charge for the tickets as this is subsidized by the Arts Fee.
Gr 9 - TBA
Gr 10 -TBA
Gr 11 - Mar 1 8:00-10:00 pm
Ollikainen & Sibelius's Legends @ NAC
​Gr 12 Dec 18 3:30-5:30 pm
 
"The Hockey Sweater" @ Dominion Chalmers
Morning Rehearsals
Ensemble rehearsals will take place before school. Please note the start times and days in the rehearsal schedule below. Students are expected to be in the room ready to perform by 7:45 for winds & strings, and 8:00 for vocals.

Music Ensembles Rehearsal Schedule

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MUSIC DEPT SPECIFICS

We are happy to announce that we will continue to follow full year music classes. This means we follow a 2 day schedule where music students will alternate between theory classes and performance classes depending on a Day 1 (odd days of the month) or a Day 2 (even days of the month). 
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​Daily Schedule
9:10 - 10:25 Per 1
10:30 - 11:45 Per 2
11:45 - 12:50 Lunch
12:50 - 2:05 Per 3
2:10 - 3:25 Per 4


Classroom assignments
Winds Rm 190
Vocal Rm 129
Strings Rm 131
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Laptops in the classroom
The music dept plans on using many cloud based programs this year.
If you have a laptop or chromebook, please bring it to school. If this is not possible, chromebooks will be available in the classroom.

Music, Folders, and Uniforms
If you have any school instruments, music, folders, or uniforms from last year, please bring them to class on your music class day.


​Get Notified
  

THE MUSIC PARENTS via Email

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​CLICK HERE to sign up for the latest information from the Music Parents Support Group. You will receive a concise email laid out with graphics on all you need to know.


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